1. |
Car
01:35
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My car
Is where
I sleep
At night
I park
It off
The street
Under
A tree
That keeps
Me out
Of sight
Alright
Cars
Were meant
To drive
On roads
That tangle through
The towns
Around
The houses where
We used
To live
What gives?
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2. |
Incentive
00:44
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Walk into the place
With the help wanted sign
Pointed to the door
Said, “apply online”
Filled in all the blanks
With the information on my resume
Followed up thrice
They said, “It’s a no”
The help wanted sign’s still
In the window
I don’t think that they were gonna hire anyone anyway
Walk into the place
Ordered one cheesesteak
They said, “We’re very sorry
It’s a 20 minute wait
We’re so understaffed
Since no one wants to work anymore”
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3. |
Game
01:33
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Let’s play a game
I make the rules
You can’t opt out
If you lose you’re dead
Here are the rules
I enslave you
If you run to
Freedom you are dead
If for reasons
Outside yourself
You can’t play the
Game then you are dead
All your life is
Filtered through me
If I don’t accept
You have no choice
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4. |
Society
01:56
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The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.
The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine. Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be inevitable: There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as to prevent it from depriving people of dignity and autonomy.
If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later.
We therefore advocate a revolution against the industrial system. This revolution may or may not make use of violence; it may be sudden or it may be a relatively gradual process spanning a few decades. We can’t predict any of that. But we do outline in a very general way the measures that those who hate the industrial system should take in order to prepare the way for a revolution against that form of society. This is not to be a POLITICAL revolution. Its object will be to overthrow not governments but the economic and technological basis of the present society.
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5. |
Numbers
00:54
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1, 2, 3, 4
Dow Jones, credit score
5, 6, 7, 8
Discount point, interest rate
9, 10, 11, 12
Profit margin, future health
13, 14, 15, 16
Plug your life into the machine
16, 15, 14, 13
Regress to the mean
12, 11, 10, 9
Assume infinite time
8, 7, 6, 5
Does it pay to stay alive?
4, 3, 2, 1
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6. |
Gang
02:08
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Step into my hood, get your ass beat down
I know when I’m choking you, you can’t make a sound
Ain’t nobody watching or I shoot ‘em lights out
Pull up on a bitch when I’m feeling aroused
Rolling with the boys all night in the streets
I don’t look for trouble, no, the trouble finds me
J.J.E., I’m all three
’trolling roads, making that mad money
Slaying all my haters with the gang
One shot dead, fuck ‘em, keep ‘em pumping, bang bang
Step across the line, get fucked from behind
Rewind the tape, it’s been erased, worst case leaving with a K
Nobody can tell me what to do
Unchecked, heck, I’m immune
Power tripping, gripping, ripping
Whipping, killing, whipping, killing
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7. |
Saturation
02:33
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This is who you are
This is what you want
This is where it hurts
This will kill the pain
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8. |
Invisible
01:29
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Little people scream in fear
“I am human, I am here”
No words are silent as the ones they choose to drown
And all of them are deafened by the sound
Little people on the street
They’ll do smack, but they won’t eat
There is no hope in such a great, indifferent world
No one would know if Jesus had returned
And we are all the same
Though some try and some abstain
It’s a giants’ world, and nothing will ever change
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9. |
I Love You All
02:29
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El Madrid, it’s nice to see you
It’s really nice to be here
I love your wall
Stale beer, fat fucked, smoked out, cowpoked
Sequined mountain ladies
I love your wall
Put your arms around me
Fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all
I love you all
Wash rooms smell, they could be cleaner
Stench of cigarettes and stale urea
I love you all
Prodigal son waits to return
To where the dogs play pool
I love you all
I love you all
I love you all
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10. |
Car II
00:33
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Spittle on my burger
Negligent murder
Driving causes cancer
I’m a slave master
Money is violence
Blood is in your tank
Developments in science
Get turned into guns and shanks
People eating plastic
Making more plastic
Convenience is king
No one ever changes but
Everyone is listening to Parquet Courts
Everyone is listening to Parquet Courts
Everyone is listening to Parquet Courts
Everyone is listening to Parquet Courts
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